How the Chuckmeister Became "Unleashed."

I was asked again a couple of days ago why I choose to use the name  "Chuckmeisterunleashed" for my humble little blog.

I've answered that question before, but perhaps new followers to this little bit of sanity in an otherwise insane world may not have heard it.  So here it is...

I was a professional pool player for more than ten years.  Some of you already know that, but that's how I got the name.  I won several pool, billiard and snooker tournaments over the years under the moniker, "Fast Cass."  But then, having been invited to spend some quality time in Germany, I won the 1968 "European Pool Championship."  All while serving in the U. S. Army.  And the locals called me the "Chuckmeister," meaning "master," as a result.  

And then, a bit later in life, the Daily Pilot hired me to write a column once a week.  The "Pilot" is a terrific little, 100+ year old community newspaper, serving the communities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, California.  

A nice little paper that we all love to read.  Except it's owned (and controlled) by the Lost Angeles Times.  The single most Left-wing Liberal rag West of the Mississippi.  Only the N.Y. Times and the Chicago Trib can compare in Left-wingedness.  I'm sorry to say.*

But they hired me to represent the "Conservative" folks in our 2 towns, I presume.  Identity politics, on display.  The "Blue" influence in famously "Red" Orange County was taking hold.  Except those who hated what I wrote.  It grated on them.  Like sand in their bathing suits, the staff wanted to dump me the day before their Editor hired me.  That was just before one Adam Lange (in)famously shot and killed 26 people at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, they finally had what they needed.

Why?  Because I wrote in my weekly column that this outrage in Connecticutt, that massacre, could have been avoided outright had anyone in that school been armed.  Amed and willing to protect those precious lives.  They weren't.  It was a "Gun Free Zone."  In a "Sanctuary State."  So they all had to die to prove the lunacy of that choice. 

I come from Small Town in Upstate Missouri, you see.  Where everyone is armed and nobody bothers to lock their doors.  I was an apprentice gunsmith by the age of 13.  I was building custom sporting rifles by the age of 16.  I was a competitive rifle and pistol target shooter by the age of 15.  I won numerous trap and skeet clay target events with my shotguns.  And "quick-draw" events as well using Colt Peacemakers.  I also shot 998 out of 1,000 at the Ft. Leonard Wood rifle range while in Army basic training.  

And it's still the record.  More than five decades later.

Interestingly, I placed 4th in a regional pistol competition in West Germany in 1968.  Had I placed 3rd or better, I would have qualified to represent Germany in that Summer Olympics.  While serving as a U. S. Army soldier.  That wouldn't have gone over so very well, I'm thinking... 

So in case you don't remember the specifics, the Sandy Hook shooter started his day by stealing his mother's AR-15.  He then murdered her by shooting her in the face.  Twice.  Two felonies already and it was before 8:00 a.m.  He then stole his mother's car, another felony, loaded the AR and two other stolen pistols in the trunk, four more felonies.  He then drove across 3 states and 5 counties with illegally-obtained firearms.  11 more felonies.  He shot his way into the Sandy Hook school, which was locked, two more felonies.  And then he hunted down and executed 20 children and 6 teachers and staff members.  Reloading twice.  That's 26 more felonies.  

My piece in the Pilot emphasized that this killer was already motivated that day.  He was going to acquire a weapon and kill a bunch of people...unless he got stopped.  By somebody else with a weapon.  A "good guy with a gun" evens the odds against a "bad guy with a gun."  And the fact that he had time to reload proved my thesis: 

There would have been time to disarm him.  With extreme prejudice.  And therefore time to have saved those lives.   

I simply stated that, because of their illogical fear and hatred of firearms, there was nobody there to protect those kids.  

There was a big sign out front of that School.  It said, "Gun Free Zone.  No Firearms Allowed."  I said, it would have been far better to have that sign read, 

"Notice:  Teachers and Staff are armed and considered dangerous, and anxious to prove it.  To all those planning on doing harm, Enter at Own Risk!"

But the L. A. Times is filled with a bunch of "Commie Pinko Dumbass Liberal Weenies."  And they fired me as a result.  Thereby "Unleashing" me from having to thereafter moderate my written content.  So as to no longer hurt their tender feelings with my Conservative presence.  And all the hurtful words that so triggered them.  And so I started this Blog as a result.  

(That was almost 15 years ago.  Thanks for the help, Geoff!.  Or I apologize, whichever is appropriate).  

Come to think of it, they never sent me my last check!  We can add "Cheapskates" to their acronym, now making it "CPDLW+C."  Take that, all you "LGBTAA2AS+'s!"  

So The Chuckmeister is now "Unleashed."  Read at your own risk.  It just might result in a mild nod of approval.  Or even a chuckle or two.  Or even tears and lost sleep... 

*    A nice Chinese doctor now owns the "Crimes."  He says he's all about achieving a more centrist focus for his Paper.  I'm guessing all his employees will bail if he does.  Like is happening at the Washington Post.  We'll see...